Word: spending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...glitch-prone subcompacts last year -- well below predictions made when the two-door hatchback was first imported from Yugoslavia in 1985. Now a consortium organized by the Mabon, Nugent investment firm in New York City has paid $40 million to gain control of Yugo America and has promised to spend $40 million more for a campaign to tout new models...
...more time scientists spend designing computers, the more they marvel at the human brain. Tasks that stump the most advanced supercomputer -- recognizing a face, reading a handwritten note -- are child's play for the 3-lb. organ. Most important, unlike any conventional computer, the brain can learn from its mistakes. Researchers have tried for years to program computers to mimic the brain's abilities, but without success. Now a growing number of designers believe they have the answer: if a computer is to function more like a person and less like an overgrown calculator, it must be built more like...
Bush is not as good an actor as Reagan, and the campaign has no plans to spend much money on television ads or direct mail specifically aimed at allaying women's concerns. Along with emphasizing the economic recovery, Bush will play on men's fears about Dukakis, painting the Massachusetts Governor as a big-spending liberal who is weak on defense and soft on crime. But any strategy aimed at men could backfire, of course, widening the gap between the sexes that Bush so desperately needs to close...
...Soviet surface navy, by contrast, continues to lag far behind Western fleets. High operating costs and wear and tear have forced Soviet ships to spend 85% of their time in port, compared with 66% for U.S. vessels. Moscow has severely curtailed Pacific-fleet activity since 1984. "There's no doubt that the Soviet navy is deploying markedly less," says Harlan Ullman, an expert on Moscow's fleet at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Signs support the thesis that they are changing their strategy...
Withers described a painstaking search process,in which many of the original candidates droppedout of the race because they did not take theappointment seriously. Three candidates werefinally chosen to visit the campus in early Mayand spend a day meeting with alumni, faculty,administrators and staff...